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                                 Image number: RS.9107
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            Salt-works at Hampshire
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                                Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (drawing): 293mm
width (drawing): 185mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (drawing): 185mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Diagram of a salt-works at Hampshire, with a key identifying each part; drawn to accompany Hooke's written report ‘A description of the manner of making salt at a saltern in Hampshire’.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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